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Italian firefighters were escorting earthquake survivors back to their homes temporarily to get some belongings left behind when they fled the shaking.

Many homes in the three hardest-hit central Italian towns, even if they remain standing, have been declared uninhabitable by rescue crews.

But since it looks like residents will be homeless for some time, firefighters let them get what they needed.

I will remember till the end of my life ... the evil murmur of moving walls.

The vast majority of the victims, 195, are from Amatrice and Accumuli in the Lazio region closer to Rome.

Postiglione stressed the number remains provisional, and the search is continuing.

A 10-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble in Armatrice after being stuck for almost 17 hours.

A Polish woman who also survived the earthquake said she will never forget the "evil murmur of moving walls."

Ewa Szwajak told Polish television that she and her husband were woken in Amatrice by tremors and a "terrible noise." She grabbed her 4-year-old son, wrapped him for warmth and the family escaped through the balcony.

"We knew it was an earthquake," she said. "I will remember till the end of my life this noise, the evil murmur of moving walls."

She said the neighbors Sergio and Assunta and their 13-year-old grandson did not survive.

"The house in front had collapsed and we stepped from the balcony onto the rubble. The bedroom of our neighbors did not exist anymore," Szwajak said.

Residents in central Italy were jolted awake by a strong aftershock.

The U.S. Geological Survey put its magnitude at 4.7 with the epicenter about 7 kilometers east of Norcia, with a relatively shallow depth of 6 miles. The latest temblor struck at about 5:40 am Thursday.

Norcia, which is about 105 miles northwest of Rome, was the epicenter of Wednesday morning's 6.2 earthquake that leveled the central Italian towns of Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto.